Description: This book examines the abduction of a medieval Bohemian bishop by heretics and the forced consecration of over one hundred candidates to holy orders. The author clarifies the significance of the kidnapped bishop and his coerced acts of consecration.
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The question posed in this volume is a very significant one. Most of the authors, including myself, were satisfied with the data of the sources that were known at the time. Surprisingly, no one appears to have considered it necessary to ask whether the forced consecration act had canonical validity. No one has paid much attention to the ordination in Lipnice. For the Hussites, consecration by any bishop was legitimate, regardless of whether the bishop in question was consecrating under compulsion or for a fee, as was the case in the second half of the 15th century. This book by Professor Thomas Fudge breaks new ground and addresses an important and overlooked aspect of medieval history.